Are we missing the truth? The headlines are full of doom and gloom. Some experts say there is plenty of positive news, but that we always focus on the bad.
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The good news that nobody wants to read
Are we missing the truth? The headlines are full of doom and gloom. Some experts say there is plenty of positive news, but that we always focus on the bad.
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The number of people living in poverty worldwide is falling. The monarch butterfly is no longer at risk of dying out. And we have a plan to protect the world's ecosystemsComplex networks of living things that rely on each other to survive..
These are three good news stories. Some say we need to focus more on these stories, showing the good things that are possible in the world.
Bad news sells, and research shows it is what people want. During the pandemicAn outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region., people started reading the news more.
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Experts say we are more likely to pay attention to bad news or information than good news. But they are also worried that this could affect our mental healthThe part of your health that has to do with your mind, your thoughts and feelings..
Some say we should stop reading news completely. But others say it is important to know what is going on in the world (even bad things) - so you can help to make things better.
Thinking clearly, they say, means looking at the good news as well as the bad. Or as Hans RoslingSwedish physician, academic, and public speaker (1948-2017). puts it: "There's no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear."
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Are we missing the truth?
Yes! The news reports everything that is wrong with the world. But there are so many reasons to be hopeful too.
No! We must be realistic. The world faces many big problems. We must know about them so that we can change them.
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Ecosystems - Complex networks of living things that rely on each other to survive.
Pandemic - An outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region.
Mental health - The part of your health that has to do with your mind, your thoughts and feelings.
Hans Rosling - Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker (1948-2017).
The good news that nobody wants to read
Bright side: Experts say we must not forget that many things are "getting better". Glossary
Ecosystems - Complex networks of living things that rely on each other to survive.
Pandemic - An outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region.
Mental health - The part of your health that has to do with your mind, your thoughts and feelings.
Hans Rosling - Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker (1948-2017).